Inviting delegates to an official event on the sidelines of this weekend's G20 summit in New Delhi, the hosts referred to India as "Bharat" – fuelling speculation that Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Hindu nationalist government wants to replace the country's colonial legacy with its ancient past.
Earlier this week an invitation addressed to leaders attending the 9-10 September summit summoned them to a state dinner hosted by Indian President Droupadi Murmu, who it called the "President of Bharat".
